From Publishers WeeklyEnlivened by a large cast of familiar two- and four-legged characters, Sister Jane Arnold's sixth adventure in Virginia hunt country (after 2006's The Hounds and the Fury) opens with the discovery of a nude female corpse tied to an equine shop fixture. The Jefferson Hunt community is appropriately distressed, but master of foxhounds Sister really gets outraged when a valuable trophy goes missing and then turns up in her stable. Suspects abound among the well-heeled and well-mounted but rather undeveloped members of the hunt. Brown's well-researched descriptions of hunting will please aficionados who don't mind her talking-animal conceit, but otherwise the prose is undistinguished; the useful terms section at the back is almost superfluous, though the exhaustive dramatis personae in the front is not. The tale is mostly carried by its unusual setting and a rather cozy plot featuring high-tech and financial wizardry. Author tour. (Oct.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistBrown's latest in the crowd-pleasing Foxhunting series is cleverly named and just as cleverly and compellingly developed. Seventysomething Sister Jane Arnold is Master of the Foxhounds as well as one of the most entertaining amateur sleuths since those of Agatha Christie. She's had more than a few romantic flings with the gentlemen in her circle, and dates a retired accountant. She can easily hold her own in most situations, whether deciphering clues to the latest murder or observing events at the Casanova Hunt Ball, where backbiting whispers and barbed comments are barely concealed by southern gentility: Those marvelous earrings set off your silver hair. I still can't believe you haven't started to color your tresses, darlin'. This time an unidentified nude corpse, dubbed Lady Godiva, is found on Trigger, the life-size horse statue outside the horsey emporium Horse Country, run by Sister's friend Marion, and the hunt is onfor the killer. Brown again proves herself masterful in the newest entry in this charming and engrossing series. Scott, Whitney Praise for Rita Mae BrownThe Hounds and the FuryA genteel Virginia foxhunting club makes a delicious setting for murder. How pleasant to linger among the settees and brandy snifters waiting for the bodies to pile up!Memphis Commercial AppealAn intriguing story.Associated PressThe Hunt BallThe hunt must go on, its grace and glory personified by the foxes, hounds and horses that provide these thrilling scenes with their on-the-ground perspective.The New York Times Book Score another triumph for Rita Mae Brownand for Sister, who helps run another two-legged predator to ground.Richmond Times-DispatchFull CryA great ride with heroine Sister Jane Arnold.Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA quality tale that is over all too soon.Charleston Post and CourierHotspurDashing and vibrant . . . The reader will romp through the book like a hunter on a thoroughbred, never stopping for a meal or a nights sleep.Publishers Weekly (starred review)Brown combines her strengthsexploring southern families, manners, and rituals as well as the human-animal bondto bring in a winner.BooklistFrom the Hardcover edition. is downloading free pdf books illegal The Tell-Tale Horse: A Novel ("Sister" Jane)
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy June B. MessmoreGREAT0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love this book!By XYZThe Rita Mae Brown Fox Hunting Series books are excellent. They are written at times through the view of the various animals in the stories, which is cool. The books are accurate to the sport of Fox Hunting and include intriguing characters.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great ReadBy lythari22Sister Jane is one heck of a fox hunter and a fair hand at solving mystery's. The Tell-Tale Horse is one of the best in the Sister Jane line up of books. Some of the other books are very slow to get into the actual murder. They get a little too involved in telling how a hunt club is run, but this book jumps right into the murder mystery. Anyone that has picked up a Sister Jane Arnold mystery will fall in love with this book and not put it down until finishing the final chapter. Then it it like saying goodbye to a good friend. Wish Rita Mae Brown would write some more Sister Jane books. Would I tell someone to spend money on this book? In a heart beat!